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23 September 2008
Wedding traditions are a wonderful and touching connection to the past as you share a bond with your partner towards the future. Many brides-to-be feel that way - until the groom's family wants to include their own wedding traditions, at which point they can become an annoying distraction from the wedding you have so carefully planned. While you do not have to accept every wedding tradition that family members would like to see at your wedding, you should be careful about what you accept and reject, as many traditions are perfectly reasonable.
There are certain concerns that you may have about a wedding tradition that you should never have to accept. A wedding tradition that you think would humiliate you is one, as considering the pressure of the day already it isn't fair that you should have to worry about a humiliating tradition as well. Another concerns whether you and your partner have different faiths. You and your family shouldn't have to suffer insults to your faith (but keep in mind that this also applies to wedding traditions your family may have that would insult the groom's family).
Compromise is often the best way to go in any situation, as many wedding traditions that you may be uncomfortable with can be adapted to suit your ceremony. What matters about a tradition is the core idea rather than the specifics, as is evidenced by changing wedding traditions over the centuries.
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